This is something I used to have a code snippet for in VB6, but I haven't needed to do this in a while so I never wrote up an example in .NET. So, here's the simple code necessary to add some custom menu items to your applications System Menu. If you're not familiar, the System Menu is the menu that...

Getting the ASP.NET MVC framework working on IIS on an XP Pro box using a .mvc extension.

Setting up a command-line friendly, Vista-like home directory on Windows XP.

Installing new stuff on your PC can be scary even when Microsoft offer assurances that everything will "probably" be fine. IThis article chronicles the installation of the new Microsoft .NET 3.0 Framework on Windows XP.

Some quick tips for cleaning up your XP box as you get ready to upgrade to Vista.

A clean and attractive new Windows XP Theme based on Microsoft's new Zune player UI... a review with screen shots. Did I mention that it's FREE (as in beer)!

One workaround proposed for the problem that Vista won't support VS.NET 2003. The question is whether or not that would require a developer to shell out for both an XP and Vista license.

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